Researching Walter Sorrells
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The name Walter means "powerful warrior" and is of German origin.
Records of Walter Sorrells on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Walter Sorrells and the Sorrells Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sorrells Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sorrells family tree.
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Sorrells Family Tree Databases
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Walter Sorrells. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Walter Sorrells
Walter Sorrells
Walter Sorrells is an author of mystery and suspense novels for adults and teens. He has written many novels, including Fake I.D., named one of the ten Best Mysteries by Booklist magazine in 2005 and several novels based-on the television series Flight 29 Down. He also writes under the pseudonyms Lynn Abercrombie and Ruth Birmingham. He graduated from Haverford College in 1985, where he majored in History.
His novel Fulton County Blues, as Ruth Birmingham, won the 2000 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original.
Source: Walter Sorrells, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sorrells
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